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Mummify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Mummify has 3 senses
- mummify(v = verb.stative) Array - preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" is one way to bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
- mummify(v = verb.possession) Array - remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs" is one way to embalm
- mummify(v = verb.change) dry up - dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found" is one way to shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither
Derived form noun mummification1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun mummification3, noun mummy2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun mummy2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mummify, v. t. [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.].
To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646). [1913 Webster]
Mummify, v. i.
To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A mummified body was found in the attic. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Mummify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 embalm and preserve (a body) in the form of a mummy (see MUMMY(2)).
2 (usu. as mummified adj.) shrivel or dry up (tissues etc.).
1 embalm and preserve (a body) in the form of a mummy (see MUMMY(2)).
2 (usu. as mummified adj.) shrivel or dry up (tissues etc.).
Derivative
mummification n.
THESAURUS
Mummify
air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, dry up, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, lay out, lie in state, marinade, marinate, mummy, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wizenROGET THESAURUS
Mummify
Dryness
VB be dry, render dry, dry, dry up, soak up, sponge, swab, wipe, drain, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate, parch, kiln dry, vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry, hang out to dry, mummify, be fine, hold up.Interment
VB inter, bury, lay in the grave, consign to the grave, lay in the tomb, entomb, in tomb, inhume, lay out, perform a funeral, embalm, mummify, toll the knell, put to bed with a shovel, inurn, exhume, disinter, unearth.
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